WALDEMARSUDDE

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Essentials about Waldemarsudde in brief

Art lovers should visit the Waldemarsudde Art Museum in Stockholm. The museum has one of the finest collections of Swedish art from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection is also supplemented by changing exhibitions. Waldemarsudde is also worth a visit for art lovers. The park is beautifully laid out and offers magnificent views.

The history of Waldemarsudde

In 1892, Prince Eugene, a son of King Oskar II, moved into an apartment in the so-called “yellow house”. The prince was one of the leading landscape painters of his time and also an avid art collector.

Prince Eugen felt so at home here that a few years later he bought the entire property on the southern edge of the island of Djurgården. He then asked the architect Ferdinand Boberg to construct a new building, which was completed in 1905. In 1913, a gallery was added to house all of the prince’s collected works of art. In 1947, the entire estate and the art treasures became state property in his will.

A visit of Waldemarsudde

Prince Eugene’s apartment can be visited on the first floor of the manor house. It has been preserved in its historical state to this day. The upper floors of the building house the exhibition rooms, where works from Waldemarsudde’s collection and temporary exhibitions are on display.

In the garden and on the terrace are several statues made by important Swedish sculptors. Two Dutch-style windmills have stood on the grounds of Waldemarsudde since the 1780s: the five-storey linseed oil mill with an eight-sided cap, built in 1784, and the wind sawmill, which burned down in 1840 along with all its outbuildings. The oil mill was restored by Prince Eugene at the beginning of the 20th century.

Due to its beautiful location, Waldemarsudde is a popular excursion destination. If you don’t feel like visiting the museum, you can take a walk through the beautiful garden and enjoy the magnificent view of the water. There is also a charming little 18th century café on the grounds.